Producer unknown to us
Finger ring
Americas, Ecuador, Quito
Prior to 1874
Palm fruit, carved
Alphons Stübel (geologist) and Wilhelm Reiß (geographer) acquired the ring during their research trip to Ecuador from 1870–1874
Donation to the museum by Stübel and Reiß in 1887
SAm 12135
This ring, carved from palm fruit, depicts two figures. To this day, we do not know to whom the ring belonged, nor what purpose it served.
In 1868, geologist Alphons Stübel and geographer Wilhelm Reiß went on a research trip to South America that would last several years. During this trip, they focused primarily on archaeological and ethnographic research. They stayed in Ecuador from 1870 to 1874, where they acquired this ring and eventually donated it to the museum in 1887.
Stefanie Bach